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Webster 1913 Edition

Plaintiff

Plain′tiff

,

Noun.

[F.

plaintif

making complaint, plaintive; in Old French equiv. to

plaignant

complainant, prosecutor, fr.

plaindre

. See

, and cf.

.]

(Law)

One who commences a personal action or suit to obtain a remedy for an injury to his rights; – opposed to

defendant

.

Plain′tiff

,

Adj.

See

.

[Obs.]

Prior.

Definition 2024

plaintiff

plaintiff

English

Noun

plaintiff ‎(plural plaintiffs)

(law) A party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant; accusers.

Synonyms

complainant, litigant, claimant (English law), pursuer (Scottish law)

Antonyms

defendant, suspect

Hypernyms

litigant, litigator

Hyponyms

suer, petitioner

Related terms

plaintive

Translations

party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant

Arabic: (indefinite) مُدَّعٍ m ‎(muddaʿin), (definite) اَلْمُدَّعِي ‎(al-muddaʿī)
Armenian: հայցվոր (hy) ‎(haycʿvor)
Bulgarian: тъжител (bg) m ‎(tǎžitel)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 原告 (zh) ‎(yuángào)
Czech: žalobce m
Dutch: eiser (nl), aanklager (nl)
Esperanto: plendanto
Finnish: kantaja (fi)
French: demandeur (fr), plaignant (fr) m, plaignante (fr) f
Georgian: მოსარჩელე ‎(mosarčele)
German: Kläger (de) m
Hebrew: המבקש (ha'mevakesh)
Hungarian: felperes (hu)
Icelandic: stefnandi m
Indonesian: penggugat (id)

Interlingua: demandator
Irish: éilitheoir m, gearánach m, gearánaí m
Italian: querelante (it) m, parte civile f, ricorrente (it) m
Japanese: 原告 (ja) ‎(げんこく, genkoku)
Maori: kaiwhakapae
Persian: خواهان (fa) ‎(xâhân)
Polish: powód (pl) m, powódka f
Portuguese: querelante m, f; acusação; promotoria
Russian: исте́ц (ru) m ‎(istéc)
Serbo-Croatian: жалилац m ‎(žalilac)
Spanish: demandante; querellante.
Swedish: åtalad (sv) c, svarande (sv) c, kärande (sv) c, målsägande c, målsägare (sv) c
Tagalog: nagsasakdal
Thai: โจทก์ (th) ‎(jòot)
Vietnamese: nguyên cáo (vi)

External links

plaintiff in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
plaintiff in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911